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Sep 17, 2007

Marie and Julio's Mission San Juan Bautista Wedding

It was a shock and a delight when I found my old classmate, from Aptos Jr. and Aptos High at the wedding expo at the cocoanut grove two years ago! I couldn't believe she'd just walked up to my booth, and it was even more fun when she chose me to shoot her wedding! It was fun getting back in touch with Marie, but also, getting to meet Julio and hear their story. It's hard to imagine a more romantic story; meeting in Paris during separate study abroad programs, getting proposed to in Paris, as well, and the way they celebrated their two cultures; French and Mexican, and voe them into every well-thought out detail, throughout the wedding day.

So not only can they claim one of the more romantic falling in love stories, but they're just adorable together; very much in love, and so sweet with one another; a total balance. All of this was celebrated (with many flying in from out of the country, from as far away as Paris!), at the historically beautiful Mission San Juan Bautista (of which, if you grew up around here, you've done at least one, if not many more, field trips to, in your life). It was so incredible to get to shoot as this amazing old mission. The color and the light in the buildings was gorgeous, and we had a lot of fun shooting Marie in different old buildings and on the grounds.

It was a beautiful day, and I was so glad to not only get back in touch with Marie (despite us both being crazy-busy with our respective lives), but to be asked to shoot their wedding. I'm thrilled with the way the shots turned out, and so I created a slideshow. There are some fun cultural details in the shots, (in the slideshow and below) that I'll tell you about. In both the French and Mexican culture, it's traditional to process from the ceremony site to the reception site, which Marie and Julio added into the days festivities, and which was a great way to involve the guests from the get-go, as they paraded, behind mariachi from the mission to the reception hall nearby. (There's a shot of the processional beginning directly above).

Below are some of my favorite shots (it was hard to narrow it down to a few), and if you want to see a broader overview of the day, check out the slideshow, which can be found by clicking here!! More of my favorite shots, after the jump (it was next to impossible to even narrow down favorites, I had SO many)...give the slideshow a while to load, there are a lot of pictures in the slideshow. There's a status bar that should show you how far it's loaded, and I have it set to not play til the entire slideshow is downloaded, so be patient. If you have a slower connect, in the lower right-hand corner there's a button that you can click on for lower-bandwidth connections. As always, all the photos are clickable, to view them larger, and to view the rest of my favorites, click on, "Continue reading..." below.

Praying during the ceremony at mission...

Leaving Mission San Juan Bautista, as husband and wife...

Immediately after the ceremony, everyone invited to the wedding joined in the mission's plaza and we did a group shot of everyone...

Julio...

This is probably my favorite shot of Marie (below), and I grabbed it, when I was sitting behind them in Julio's car, and I said, "Marie!" and this is the look she had on her face, when she turned around...can you believe how gorgeous she is??

They not only had a DJ, but a multitude of live music, as you can see below...

Toasting...

Everyone did the 'ding ding ding' to make sure there was lots and lots of kissing...

First dance...

The reception hall, next to Mission San Juan Bautista...check out the awesome old chandeliers...

Incidentally, Marie and I shared our first boyfriend, Blake Perkinson, (seen below), he was my first boyfriend, when I was in elementary school, and he was Marie's first boyfriend in high school (or maybe junior high)...weird, right? It was a trip seeing him, as I haven't seen him since high school. Also, I found out while shooting that Matt, Marie's brother, is a good friend of my brother Grady's...

Julio and his other baby (his car). I heard he worked on it like a fiend, trying to get it ready for the wedding...Isn't it a cool car?? I have such a love of old cars, it was fun that we got to do a bunch of shots in and around it...

A quiet moment, and one of my favorite shots. I don't think they knew I was there...

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Marie and Julio's Mission San Juan Bautista Wedding

It was a shock and a delight when I found my old classmate, from Aptos Jr. and Aptos High at the wedding expo at the cocoanut grove two years ago! I couldn't believe she'd just walked up to my booth, and it was even more fun when she chose me to shoot her wedding! It was fun getting back in touch with Marie, but also, getting to meet Julio and hear their story. It's hard to imagine a more romantic story; meeting in Paris during separate study abroad programs, getting proposed to in Paris, as well, and the way they celebrated their two cultures; French and Mexican, and voe them into every well-thought out detail, throughout the wedding day.

So not only can they claim one of the more romantic falling in love stories, but they're just adorable together; very much in love, and so sweet with one another; a total balance. All of this was celebrated (with many flying in from out of the country, from as far away as Paris!), at the historically beautiful Mission San Juan Bautista (of which, if you grew up around here, you've done at least one, if not many more, field trips to, in your life). It was so incredible to get to shoot as this amazing old mission. The color and the light in the buildings was gorgeous, and we had a lot of fun shooting Marie in different old buildings and on the grounds.

It was a beautiful day, and I was so glad to not only get back in touch with Marie (despite us both being crazy-busy with our respective lives), but to be asked to shoot their wedding. I'm thrilled with the way the shots turned out, and so I created a slideshow. There are some fun cultural details in the shots, (in the slideshow and below) that I'll tell you about. In both the French and Mexican culture, it's traditional to process from the ceremony site to the reception site, which Marie and Julio added into the days festivities, and which was a great way to involve the guests from the get-go, as they paraded, behind mariachi from the mission to the reception hall nearby. (There's a shot of the processional beginning directly above).

Below are some of my favorite shots (it was hard to narrow it down to a few), and if you want to see a broader overview of the day, check out the slideshow, which can be found by clicking here!! More of my favorite shots, after the jump (it was next to impossible to even narrow down favorites, I had SO many)...give the slideshow a while to load, there are a lot of pictures in the slideshow. There's a status bar that should show you how far it's loaded, and I have it set to not play til the entire slideshow is downloaded, so be patient. If you have a slower connect, in the lower right-hand corner there's a button that you can click on for lower-bandwidth connections. As always, all the photos are clickable, to view them larger, and to view the rest of my favorites, click on, "Continue reading..." below.